Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[Mike Bliss]

Henk,   What are your real feelings about this?  :>)   Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Henk Verhaar To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:18 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY On 12 Aug, 2004, at 15:00, Jimmy D. Moore offered as Quote of the Day: "The best dry flies ride high on the water, supported only by their hackle tips and tail fibers (another help in breaking outline).  Choose those that are tied on hooks of light fine wire and with stiff, vibrant hackles.  Place a fly on a book or flat surface and hold it to eye level.  If the hook touches the surface, the fly is either poorly tied or the hackles and tail fibers fail to meet dry-fly standards." As has been shown ad nauseam over the last 20 years or so, including in this forum, the above, oft repeated, 19th century fallacy, is just that, utter BS... ====================Heisenberg was right!========================= | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | | | Principal | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Ecotoxicology specialist | home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ENVIRON Netherlands B.V. | | | Zeisteroever 17 | phone: +31 30 698 6218 | | NL-3704 GB Zeist | fax: +31 30 698 6239 | | the Netherlands | | ====================Uncertainty happens!==========================